Amusement device.



J.KAVAKOS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15,1911.

1,004, 1 74, Patented 26, 1911.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILED 111111.15,1911.

1,0045174. Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR JOHN KAvA rros ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ggENT OFFICE.

JOHN KAVAKOS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KAvAKos, citizen of the United States, andresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices and more especially tocanals adapted to have a constant stream of water flowing through sameto carry boats and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the boats after reaching the end of the course are elevated andstarted again with out obliging the passengers to leave them, as will bemore fully described in the following specification, set forth in theclaims and illustrated in the drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the elevating device. Fig. 2 is asectional View through same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the canal showingthe elevating structure.

In the operation of these canals it has been customary to provide apaddle wheel to drive the water from the lower section to the elevatedstarting end and when the boat which has gone through the canal reachesthis end, it is necessary for the passengers to leave the boat and ifthey desire to again make the trip they are obliged to go to theelevated section and there reenter. The present invention is adapted toobviate this inconvenience to passengers who again desire to make thetrip and instead of emptying the boat as heretofore done I provideelevating means to carry the boat from the lower section to the upperend of the canal and again start it on its trip.

The upper end of the canal 5 is provided with a series of rollers 6 onto which the boat is launched and down which it travels to the canal 7.The canal may-be of any desired shape or course and receives its supplyof water at the upper end from any desired source, thereby pumping afresh supply of water or by driving water into it by means of a paddlewheel located in the lower section 8. The end of the lower section isprovided with a frame 9 comprising rollers 10 which are loosely journaled in the side of the frame. An elevating frame 11 Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1911.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 614,573.

is also provided and which supports drums 12 and 13 carrying ropes 14attached to the frame 9 for the purpose of elevating same and the drum13 provided with a crank arm 15 for rotating same. The shaft of the drum13 carries a sprocket wheel 16 which through medium of the chain 17rotates a larger sprocket wheel 18 on the shaft of the drum 12 so thatthe drum 13 is adapted to rotate faster than the drum 12 to wind up therope 14 at that end of the frame 9, and as the frame ascends it istilted in order to cause the boat 19 to run down the rollers 10 and onto the rollers 6 from which it enters the canal 7 preparatory to itstrip through same. By this means the passengers may again be started onthe trip and make any number of trips without being obliged to leave theboat as has been the practice heretofore, thus enabling the proprietorto secure a greater number of passengers than if he was obliged to getrid of them at the end of each trip.

The boat 19 may be of any desired con struction and arranged to carryany number of people. The elevator may be also arranged so as to beinconspicuous or may be of such artificial construction as to be anornament to the device.

It is obvious that other modifications may be adopted or variations madein the construction without departing from the essential features abovedescribed.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. In an amusement device, the combination with a canal having one endelevated, of rollers at the elevated end, an elevator for the boats,rollers carried by the elevator, and means for tipping the elevator asit moves upward.

2. In an amusement device, the combination with a canal having anelevated starting point, an elevator for boats at the end of the canal,drums carrying ropes to operate the elevator, and means for operatingone drum faster than the other.

3. In an amusement device, the combination with a canal carrying astream of water, of rollers at the starting end of the canal, anelevator with rollers at the starting end, drums carrying ropes tooperate the elevator, a crank arm and sprocket Wheel Signed at New Yorkin the county of on the shaft of one of the drums, a larger New York andState of New York this sixth sprocket Wheel on the shaft of the otherday of March A. I). 1911.

drum and. a chain connecting the tWo JOHN KAVAKOS. sprocket Wheels andadapted to raise one Witnesses:

end of the elevator more rapidly than the JAMES F. DUHAMEL,

other. MADELEINE' MIoHEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

